TORONTO — Sarah Nurse checked in with a late game-winner on the facility play and Hannah Miller scored twice to carry the Toronto Sceptres to a 4-2 win in opposition to the New York Sirens on Saturday.
Nurse positioned a shot over the glove of New York goalie Corinne Schroeder with 5:54 remaining within the third interval to snap a two-game slide for the Sceptres, who rank final within the six-team Skilled Girls’s Hockey League.
Billed because the Battle on Bay Road, the sport attracted a crowd of 19,102 at Scotiabank Enviornment, barely smaller than the 19,285 on the identical venue when Toronto defeated Montreal 3-0 on Feb. 16.
Toronto defender Kali Flanagan scored into an empty internet, and Raygan Kirk stopped 17 photographs.
Ella Shelton and Abby Roque scored for the Sirens, who have been outshot 35-19. Schroeder made 31 saves
Takeaways
Sceptres: Megan Carter made her PWHL debut after the 23-year-old missed the Sceptres’ first 11 video games with a lower-body ailment. She was within the penalty field for cross checking when New York tied the sport 1-1 within the second interval.
Sirens: Sarah Fillier was taking part in in her first PWHL sport in Toronto. The Canadian nationwide staff ahead from close by Georgetown, Ontario, leads the league with 12 factors.
Key second
Schroeder made a glove-hand cease on Nurse’s one-timer from in near hold the sport tied with 6:40 remaining within the third interval.
Key stat
Miller’s team-leading fifth and sixth objectives pushed her into the highest spot within the PWHL goal-scoring race.
Up subsequent
The Sceptres go to the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday. New York continues its highway journey in opposition to the Ottawa Cost on Monday.
